The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 5 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US $100 million initiative to encourage unconventional global health solutions. Anyone can apply, regardless of education or experience level.

　　Grant proposals are being accepted online at http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations until May 19,2010, on the following topics:

　　New!　 Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Conditions

　　New!　 Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns

　　Create New Technologies for Contraception

　　Create New Ways to Protect Against Infectious Diseases　　　

　　Initial grants will be $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to $1 million US Dollars. Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations.

　　We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from scientists around the world and from all scientific disciplines. Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges.

　　Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

　　Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

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